TOPIC: Prevention & Education
OTHER KEYWORDS: Asians & Pacific Islanders, Gay and Bisexual Men, Men who have Sex with Men, Hawai'i
TITLE: The efficacy of brief group counseling in HIV risk reduction among homosexual Asian and Pacific Islander men
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Choi KH, Lew S, Vittinghoff E, Catania JA, Barrett DC, Coates TJ. The efficacy of brief group counseling in HIV risk reduction among homosexual Asian and Pacific Islander men. AIDS. 1996; 10 (1): 81-87.
SUMMARY
Paper shows how a group developed and evaluated culturally appropriate brief group counseling with 329 self-identified homosexual A&PIs recruited in San Francisco between 1992 and 1994. The intervention consisted of four components: (1) development of positive self-identity and social support, (2) safer sex education, (3) eroticizing safer sex, and 4) negotiating safer sex. Data were collected at baseline and 3 months after the intervention. Findings: the group demonstrated the efficacy of brief group counseling in reducing HIV risk among homosexual A&PIs. Cities with significant API populations should adopt culturally tailored skills training as part of HIV prevention strategies for this group of homosexual men.